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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1970-04-16, Page 1• coSO-'ar A fingi' giqerle ''C'OP149' 15 • Cents. SEAFORTII, ONTARIO, THU4.14 PAY, APRIL- .1,6, 1970 12 PAUBS Ye Whole No. 5327 111th Year Carnival Dates Set for June 25-27 Three of 11 Kind Looking quite content despite their rarity are the three surviving calves of quadruplets born .about six weeks ago 'on the firm of Walter Somerville of the 12th concession of McKillop. Two of the calves are red, while the third is black, Dr. John Thompson of the Health of Animals Branch,Seaforth, said that while no statistics were available a quadruplet birth is something-that happens but once in several hundreds of thousands of births. Small son to parents bringing home triplets: "We'd better start calling folks, now. They're gonna be harder to get rid of than kittens." Huron Board, of education is providing an opportunity for in- terested people in the area to discuss policy as it affects future education facilities. Those in- terested in the Seaforth District High School and feeder Elemen- tary •Schools have been invited to a meeting in the Seaforth Dis- trict High School on Tuesday evening, April 21st at 8:30 p.m. The meeting has been ar- ranged to proyide an opportunity for people in the area to take an active part in dismissions which • will guide the Board as it °Stab- lishes policies .._affecting the s school -of the. uure in Huron County. Wife: "Wake up, there's a burglar in the kitchen and he's eating the leftovert" Husband: "Go back to sleep. I'll bury him in the morning," A large number indicated a desire tc, attend the Spring Con- ference of the Hospital Auxil- iarieS Association District No.2 which will be held in Exeter when James Scott of Seaforth will be the luncheon speaker. A sym-„ posium on hospital services wil: be held with Mrs. HaroldKeefer, District Directdr, as moderator, with four panel members. Those wishing to attend the conference will notify Mrs.Gordon Beutten- miller or Mrs. JamesMacDon- ald by April '23 so the Exeter . Auxiliary i,can make catering ar- rangements. Discuss - Education Facilities Smiles . year. A special attraction in recent years, the amateur talent program, will be continued with elimination events scheduled for 'the first two nights and with final judging taking place on Sat- urday, night. The program arrangements are in charge of Marlen Vincent and Bill Pinder. Dr. J.O. Turnbull and Earl Ritchie are in charge of a draw while the ' games committee in- cludes Ed. Taylor, Les Teatero ' and Gord Rimmer. Bob Beutten- miller and George Hildebrand - are in charge of refreshments, of Chatham which is being, cir-, culated throughout Ontario cities and Associations. The Resol'W- ion expresses the concern of the Chatham Council on the widening use of marijuana and the prospect that its use may be legalized. The Resolution urged that marij- uana which is now under the Food and Drug Act remains under this Act. Howard Shantz, Stratford, chairman of the, By-Law' Com- mittee, presented the first draft of the • by-laws for the Board. Several amendments were made in the first part of the draft and the remaining by-laws will be studied at another meeting. Three trustees 'who attended the' School Design Workshop in, Windsor reported they did not feel it a very worthwhile' con- ference. Two hundred delegates attended but Trustees Joseph Looby of Dublin, Ted Geoffrey of R.R. 2, Zurich and Oscar Kieffer of R.R.1, Bluev ale, felt the architects attending would get more out of it than the trust- ees. John Vintar, Superintendent of Education, reported on his .- enquiries to the Huron Board of Education and to the Perth Board on buying kindergarten schooling for Separate School children in an area where the Separate School does not have such6) fa- (Continued , A tentative budget amount- ing to $2,020,000 was presented to the Huron-Perth County itornan, Catholic Separate School Board by Jack Lane, Business Admin- istrator at its meeting in the board rooms in Seaforth day night. This is an increase of 14.9% over last year's budget in 1969. Mr. Lane said Provin- cial assistance will be greater in 1970 than it was last year. The budget was discussed by the board but full details. were not completed pending further study by members. Mr. Lane said the effect on local taxes will not be determined. until' the Finance Committee has recm mended a rate and teach- ers salaries are negotiated. James Morris of Stratford, chairman of the Personnel and Salary Negotiating Committee, reported his committee had met" with the Teachers' Salary Negot- iating Committee and they had presented the 1970 salary sched- ule and benefits to the Board. He said the Board will be meeting again on Monday, April 20, to further study their proposal. Mr. Morris said negotiating procedure is that press releases will be given by either party with pre notice of 72 hours. William' Innes of Stiatford, chairman of the Property and Maintenance Committee, re- ported- vandalism at Immaculate Conception School, Stratford, amounting to $697. Damage in- volved doors and windows. Mr.. Innes said that wiring and one amplifier- were being ihstalled at Holy Name School in St. Marys by St. Marys Cable Company for cable television for $173.85. There will be no monthly charge afterwards. The Board endorsed the Re- • solution-of the council-of-the City on page Seaforth council Monday evening endorsed a resolution from Goderich calling on the' provincial government to provide a four lane highway connection between Huron and Perth coun- ties and 401 highway: Cardno recalled that several years ago MODA had made similar recommendations but nothing happened. Mayor Sills asked council to consider which would serve the interests of the area to. best advantage - a four lane direct route or several good roads run- ning east and west. "Development occurs along the 4 lane freeways not on just "good roads" counc. Cardno pointed out and recalled., that in past years the railways were constructed to assist in develop- ing particular areas. "Now we need modern highways to open up areas , to development" she Said. There is approximately $12000 remaining to be paid of a total bill of $49,652 represent- • ing Seaforth share of the Main Street rebuilding program . Clerk Williams told council. Ap- provai was given a progress payment of $6846.13. The cost was lower than' was .originally„.4, estimated council noted. Councillors expressed . con- • cern that in some areas side- walks and curbs were checking. Asked when contractors wou1c resume work, Mayor Sills said he understood they would be on the job by the end of the month. Final paving is involved as well as certain grading of boulevards and entrances. There will be opportunity to resolve any prob- lems that may 'come torthe attent- ion of'the members, he. said. , ' Answering a query, as to the _cenpletion date, Reeve Flannery said he understood that 54 work- ing days' remained for completion. Hospital Group -Plans Penny Sale A doctor who had just started practice examined his first pa- tient. He could think.of no diag- nosis of the Symptoms so he said: "Have you ever had this before?" "Sure", the - patient replied, "I've had it twice before." "Well", advised the doctor with more assurance, "You've got it again." Endorse Bid for Highway 90 YEARS ' Nelson Westcott, well known and life long Seaforth resident who celebrated his 90th birthday at Kilbarchen Nursing Home on Friday. History Group Will Meet Here ' A meeting of the Huron Historioal Society is being held in the schoolroom of First Pres- 4byterian Church, Thursday even- ing when the program will include a paper on the history of the area by Miss Belle Campbell. Local arrangements for the meeting, which will feature an exhibit of historical items and antiques, are being completed -by the Seaforth Women's Instit- ute. The public is invited to attend. • Damage At Dublin Damage was estimated at $2,200 in a three-car accident early Saturday morning , in Dublin. A car driven by Bruce La- verne Nairn, Staifa, was in collision with parked vehicles owned by Charles Reginald Friend and Gerald Holland,both of Dublin. Sebringvllle OPP estimated damage 'to the Friend vehicle at $400 and to the Hol- land vehicle at $1,000. Damage to the Nair n vehicle was estimated at $800. An enlarged midway including a new roller- coaster will feature the annual Lions Club Carnival this year. The dates originally set for early July have beeh changed to Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 25, 26 and 27. "We wanted to take advant- age of the midway' attractioi: and since these days were all that was- available we decided to change" John Talbot, Car- nival Comniittee Chairman .said and added that the June dates were _at_. the _same...time._ as... last... The members of the Womens' Auxiliary to the Seaforth Com- munity Hospital planned the final details for the annual penny sale at ..a meeting held at the Hospital on Tuesday evening. • The penny sale will be held in the former Gingerich Store from April 22 to May 1 when the draw will be held . Mrs. William Hart reported safes at the Gift Shop in the hospital continue to be good. Mrs. Clair Campbell-said the knitters had been busy making bootees and sets for' the Auxil- iary and 'a good supply is on hand to carry over during the summer months. Mrs. Kenneth Etue questioned continuing the making of bootees as baby sets now usually cover the feet. She suggested members should be considering making a , more useful gift to present to, the new babies born at the hos- pital and to carry for sale in the Gift Shop, This suggestion was accepted. Mrs. William Hart won the Mystery prize. Plans for the Rummage Sale to be held on May • 10 were started. In charge will be Mrs. William Hart, Mrs. Brad Smith and Mrs. William Teall. . Suggested places were named where the annual June dinner meeting might be held, Mrs. Earl Dinsmore have a report on the restaurants •for the next meeting. Rabies Response Increases Anti rabies vaccinations in Perth County increased. by 7.1% over 1969 according to Dr. P.D. Armstrong, subdistrict veterin arian of the Health of Animals branch at Stratford who refer- red to the role The Huron Ex- positor had played in. the succes- sful campaign. "Your efforts in- creased the interest among the pet owners and this in turn in- creased the number of animals presented for vaccination at the various Clincis," he said as he 'commented on:the publicity given the anti-rabies vaccination pro- gram. Vaccinations tarried out totalled 6607 and included the following: Dogs 4148; Cats 2328; Rabbits 14; -Ponies 10; Guinea Pigs 1; Raccoons 4; Monkeys •1, Skunk 1, The rt port, dated in October, was received by the Town about two weeks ago. (The report will appear in full next week) L Carl Dalton who represents the Town on the Maitland Valley Conservation • Authority, told of the work the Authority was car- rying out. Recalling that Seaforth was on the boundary betWeen the Mait- land and Hayfield River systems, he Suggested there could be'ad- vantages if all of the Town was contained within the Maitland Au- thority. Council agreed the matter should be explored and asked the Authority to set up a meeting. Reeve John Flannery indicated he had some reservations con- cerning potential costs. Charges which the P,U.C. made to the Town for :ewer bil- ling had been discussed at a previous meeting 'and Council. had asked the P.U.C. for ex- planations. .. • P. IL C. Manager Walter Scott, explained how total billing costs were arrived at. He said it was estimated 58 1/2 hours Work were included in each billing and Hydro auditors , had worked the cost out at 30.2 cents a bill. The charge" made to the Town was 20 cents a bill. He said costs reflected the number of sewer accounts and as the number increased the unit cost tended to decrease. Yet, in Mitchell, where 80% pf water users were sewer customers, the cost per bill was 28 cents. Reeve Flannery expressed Council's concern at the increa- sing cost. Originally water had been billed twice yearly but now was• being billed every two months in the case of residential users. This meant that sewer billing had increased likewise. The Town was now paying ,for 6 billings a year rather than two. Mr. Scott said the more fre- quent billingt made it easier to keep track of the many moves made by. tenants and also re- suited in an improved working capital position. He agreed to discuss the mat- ter further with Hyrdro auditors expected here next week. Referring to the rental charges for hydrants, Mr. Scott said the cost of installing a fire hydrant was $677.15. At least 42 hydrants In use in town had been installed for as many years; that. they required to be rebuilt or replaced. The rental rate of $90 was but two-thirds of that recommenced in the McLaren study of the" waterworks opera:- dons, he' said, which had sug- gested rates be tripled if suf- ficient funds were to be made available for proper maintenance. and updating of the system. Council agreed with the sug- gestion that a street light on the north side of Duke Street at West William Street be moved to the west side of the street and tied into the West William line. This would make possible the removal' of several poles, and a run of overhead wire. No decision was reached con- cerning a further light on South Main. Street at George Street. When the H.S.P.C. installed new street lights in Egmondville a' gap- was left at the boundary street which councillors will check, The Egmondville lights a not consistent with those in Sea- forth since the H.E.P.C. will not agree to fluorescent instal- lations in Seaforth. Instead they prefer mercury vapor. In a letter to' Council Dr. P. L. Brady said it was considered adequate medical service would be available in town: Council earlier had-asked-local doctors whether there would be interest in three doctors who had written concerning possible practises here. Dr. Brady said an additional doctor shortly would be on staff at Seaforth Medical Clinic and he understood Dr. Stapleton was re- turning to be available on a part- time basis. . Council approved a by-law setting out a new schedule for public work staff ranging from $2 to $2.25 per hour for a 48 hour week. Acting on recommendation by counc. R. S. .MacDonald, public works committee chairman, council agreed ' to seek the services of another man for the maintenance staff looking to the day when the foreman might wish to retire. In this way there would be continuity in the staff. Reporting for the police ancl, fire committee, the ,chairman counc. Robt. Dinsmore said the committee had discussed an un- listed phone number which Chief Hulley had arranged but agreed since it was his personal phone the decision concerning listing was that of Chief Hulley. 'The committee had, set the hours for auxiliary police at 23 maximum a week and up to 39 hours when Const. Ruston is at police college. He said Cons. Hawkins had resigned,effective May 15 and the committee had advertised for another constable. Referring to fire .committee matters he said'the- area board had not arrived at a decision concerning hydrant rentals.Some members felt that only those hydrants in the outlying areas of town would be of _assistance to other than the town. Counc. Dinsmore said alter- ations to the fire hall had been completed at a cost of $1164.50. Again he said there was concern that this was higher than the orig- inal estimate of $700. 'Clerk' Williams pointed out the agreement other municipalit- ' ies had with the town was that Construction of ten senior citizen housing units will be under way in Seaforth shortly. • Council Monday evenikg en- dorsed a' report of the Olitario Housing Corporation recom- mending construction of the units. The housing units will serve both Seatirth and Tuckersmith. The decision to build the upits is based on a survey of the two municipalities made last year by O.H.C. The O.H.C. will N respon- sible for construction a'fid opera- tion. Representatives' have been in town In recent weeks seeking out a suitable location. In ap- proving.the -report, Council made no reference to the locations that were being contemplated, but it was indicated there could be some delay in obtaining a suitable site. Drivers Win Drivers on the staffs of A.J. Wright Transport and Habkirk Transit Service Ltd. were honored Thursday night at a meeting of the Transportation Safety Association in recognit- ion of their years of accident free driving. Following movies on safety procedures each driver was presented with a pin. Singled out for special recognition as the driver with the longest accident period were Bruce McLean of the A.J.Wright group with 18 years and Torn Wilbee-from Ilabkirka with 13 years. At a special meeting of the Tuckersmith Township Council in Huron Centennial School, Brucefield, on Tuesday evening, tenders for a number of drains were opened with results as fol- lows: The tender of Roth Drainage of Gadshill was accepted ,for $4498 for the McBride drain. On the Melady Drain the tender of Frank Kistner, Dublin, was accepted tor, $3850. On the Carnochan Drain a tender of $1900 by Hebert Nichol- son Construction, Stratford, was accepted. The. same firm was- awarded a contract .for the Gei- ger Drain at $870. On the 'Hensall Tuckersmith Safety Awards A.J. Wright Transport drivers are shown in the upper picture (left)Merle Glanville, Ross Nicholson, Bruce McLean, Bob Nigh, A.J.Wright, Harold Coleman and Blaine Wright. In the lower picture the Habkirk drivers are (left) Lea. Habkirk, Eldon Holley, Jaqueline Melanson, Bob Watson, Wilma MacLean, Michael Eckert, Keith MacLean, Alf.RosS, Albert Hildebrand, Tom Wilbee, Ron Dale and Arnold Scott. Arrangements for the evening were completed by Art Wright. (Staff Photos) H-P Board Clear Senior Citizen Sets 1970, Budget For Seaforth, Tuckerstim the town was to carry out such ' alterations as were necessary',' and bill the area 17Qard;- Tile:;' estimate of $7Q0 had been, .ar- : rived at by the area board be/Ore decisions had been taken as to , work involved. Answering a query by mune» Hildebrand, comic. Dinsm90 said under the area board' ar-; rangement the town will be billed' for fires the same as rural municipalities. He agreed costs would be - higher this year Mit this was because oft nstruction o costs and the purch e of a water truck. Council approved an account from J. T. Hugill fpr $1164.50 covering fire halt alterations and. instructed Mayor Sills to pro- claim daylight saving time com- mencing April 26 at 2:01 a.m. Drain the tender of H.L.Roth, R.R. -2, New Hamburg for $4500 was accepted. The tender of the To-Ma Construction Company of London for $1430.50 .was accepted for the Chesney drain. , Court of Revision was held ..for the Chesney Drain and for the. Melady Drain. NO appeals were heard on either drain and they were given final readings and approval. Two drainage reports were read ass presented by the engin- eer; Henry Uderstadt of Orange- ville, who was present at the meeting to answer any questions concerning the reports. Both reports 'were accepted as pre- sented. Council approved a motion accepting the report of the survey' made by the Ontario Housing Corporb.tion which recommended ten senior citizens housing' units be constructed in Seaforth. The survey ,was made 'under the authority, of the councils of Town of Seafdrth and Tuckersmith Township and any senior citizen ' of these two' municipalities is eligible to rent one of these units when built The units will be constructed and operated by the Ontario }roug- ing Corporation. 11 p Daughters Sons Are Guests Seaforth Lions entertained their sons and daughters at a dinner in the Community Centre Tuesday evening. More than fifty guests were present. The event was arranged by a committee, including Elmer La- i-one and George Hildebrand. Du- ring dinner draws held for the guests were won by David Rum- mer, Lisa Beuttenmiller, and Terry Stephenson. Memberii of the S.D.H.S. GirlS' Band Wart- buted a comedy skit and Margaret'. Elligsen sang. Taking part in • the skit were' Mary Lnetnifig, Mary Elliott; "I-- Angela Devereaux, Dawn Ro, nolds, Bexbara 141dChire, Patrick; Dianne 'Paterson; Mario, Henderson and Malt' Ellighen. New took Muskrat . Something new in muskrats is displayed by Murray Halter', Coleman Street, Seaforth. The blond,. almost white rat is the first Mr. Dalton has seen during the many years he has been trapping muskrats. (Staff Photo) Accept Drain ibis Tuckersmith